Author: United States. General Accounting Office. Library System
Publisher:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Union List of Serials
Author: United States. General Accounting Office. Library System
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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The Library of Congress Main Reading Room Reference Collection Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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A Guide to Finding Business Information at the Library of Congress
Author: Library of Congress. Humanities and Social Sciences Division
Publisher: Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Washington at the Plow
Author: Bruce A. Ragsdale
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674246381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery. George Washington spent more of his working life farming than he did at war or in political office. For over forty years, he devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture, which he saw as the means by which the American people would attain the Òrespectability & importance which we ought to hold in the world.Ó Washington at the Plow depicts the Òfirst farmer of AmericaÓ as a leading practitioner of the New Husbandry, a transatlantic movement that spearheaded advancements in crop rotation. A tireless experimentalist, Washington pulled up his tobacco and switched to wheat production, leading the way for the rest of the country. He filled his library with the latest agricultural treatises and pioneered land-management techniques that he hoped would guide small farmers, strengthen agrarian society, and ensure the prosperity of the nation. Slavery was a key part of WashingtonÕs pursuits. He saw enslaved field workers and artisans as means of agricultural development and tried repeatedly to adapt slave labor to new kinds of farming. To this end, he devised an original and exacting system of slave supervision. But Washington eventually found that forced labor could not achieve the productivity he desired. His inability to reconcile ideals of scientific farming and rural order with race-based slavery led him to reconsider the traditional foundations of the Virginia plantation. As Bruce Ragsdale shows, it was the inefficacy of chattel slavery, as much as moral revulsion at the practice, that informed WashingtonÕs famous decision to free his slaves after his death.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674246381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A fresh, original look at George Washington as an innovative land manager whose singular passion for farming would unexpectedly lead him to reject slavery. George Washington spent more of his working life farming than he did at war or in political office. For over forty years, he devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture, which he saw as the means by which the American people would attain the Òrespectability & importance which we ought to hold in the world.Ó Washington at the Plow depicts the Òfirst farmer of AmericaÓ as a leading practitioner of the New Husbandry, a transatlantic movement that spearheaded advancements in crop rotation. A tireless experimentalist, Washington pulled up his tobacco and switched to wheat production, leading the way for the rest of the country. He filled his library with the latest agricultural treatises and pioneered land-management techniques that he hoped would guide small farmers, strengthen agrarian society, and ensure the prosperity of the nation. Slavery was a key part of WashingtonÕs pursuits. He saw enslaved field workers and artisans as means of agricultural development and tried repeatedly to adapt slave labor to new kinds of farming. To this end, he devised an original and exacting system of slave supervision. But Washington eventually found that forced labor could not achieve the productivity he desired. His inability to reconcile ideals of scientific farming and rural order with race-based slavery led him to reconsider the traditional foundations of the Virginia plantation. As Bruce Ragsdale shows, it was the inefficacy of chattel slavery, as much as moral revulsion at the practice, that informed WashingtonÕs famous decision to free his slaves after his death.
Report of the Librarian of Congress
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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The Geography and Map Division
Author: Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Reading Early American Handwriting
Author: Kip Sperry
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806308463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book is designed to teach you how to read and understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research. It explains techniques for reading early American documents, provides samples of alphabets and letter forms, and defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806308463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book is designed to teach you how to read and understand the handwriting found in documents commonly used in genealogical research. It explains techniques for reading early American documents, provides samples of alphabets and letter forms, and defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records.
A Catalog of the Gifts of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the Library of Congress, 1943 to 1975
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher: Washington : Library of Congress
ISBN: 9780844402376
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Washington : Library of Congress
ISBN: 9780844402376
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Author:
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
Publisher:
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.